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Sunday, April 30, 2017

I'm getting this challenge in just under the deadline ... Today I'm showing my take on sketch #274 on the Sketches in Thyme blog.

Instead of using a current kit, I decided to challenge myself a little. I dug into a kit from about two years ago and found a very fun,busy pattern -- the kind I usually avoid because I don't know what to do with it, I framed my photos in a bright red to make them stand out from the background, then added a small journaling card with an appropriate sentiment, Last, I added a 4 x 6 journalimg card (with the actual journalimg), minimal embellishments and a title, It turned out to be fast and fun.

This is the sketch:

And this is my layout. My 5-year-old grandson had money burning a hole in his pocket. His mommy took him and his sister to Panera for lunch, then shopping at Target. He chose a fun but educational electronic toy.

This one isn't due for a couple more weeks, but I want to get it posted before I forget. (I hate it when I do a challenge and then fail to post it in time!) This one is for My Creative Sketches, and the challenge ends May 14. This is the sketch:

I used the April main kit and add-ons from Citrus Twist Kits for this one. Loved the bright patterns and colors! This is my youngest granddaughter with her 11-year-old brother.

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

I've been working my way through photos from my youngest daughter's wedding. It was a small wedding (second marriage for both her and her husband) and the photographer didn't take a large amount of photos, but along with a few selfie photos from their Disney World honeymoon, I've filled up a post-bound album. This layout is the latest, and one of my favorites, The groom and best man were hamming it up for the camera.

My daughter and son-in-law both are huge rockabilly music fans (they met at a rockabilly music show and had a rockabilly themed wedding), so I was thrilled to find some music-themed paper with a 50's vibe. The patterns above are from Authentique's "Dapper" line, which is fabulous, I used a sketch from Susan Stringfellow, turned sideways and rearranged a bit. I hid the journaling tag under the square photo. I used punches to replicate the bottom paper pattern of notes and bubbles across the top of the page.

I've mentioned before that I'm a big fan of Laura Whitaker's sketches, but did you know she also designs some fabulous digital cut files? For this next layout of my granddaughter, I used the April free cut file that Laura offers on her blog, along with one of her older sketches that I found on Pinterest. The paper collection is "Paper Dolls" from Photoplay.

The background is a lovely pale pink color from Bazzill; it never shows up well in photos.

Friday, April 21, 2017

Our youngest granddaughter, Charleighj has become my most frequent scrapbook subject. First of all. she is adorable; but probably most importantly, her Mama takes lots of photos and shares them. Last week she turned seven months old -- already! Her first year is flying by.

I documented it with a sketch ftom Sketches in Thyme and the lovely Aptil main kit, embellishment and patterned paper add ons from Citrus Twist Kits, This is the sketch:

And this is my layout. I used three 3 x 4-inch photos to accommodate the pictures that I had.

Monday, April 17, 2017

Since our kids and grandkids are back in the Midwest, we had a quiet weekend herein southern Colorado, I managed to finish five scrapbook pages with the April main kit, embellishment and patterned paper add-ons from Citrus Twist Kits and photos snagged from Facebook.

Our oldest daughter and her family visited two weeks ago from Minnesota. I scrapped a double layout with photos they took at the zoo. The sketch was an older one from Susan Stringfellow's SketchSavvy blog. I chose this sketch beccause I liked the wonky strips; it was a lot of fun to work with,

This is my layout, I created the giraffe, sunflowers and sign with the Silhouette Cameo,

My mom's cat (both of them live with us) was curious about the construction of the zoo layout and decided to "help" me choose patterned paper, It seems she was especially drawn to a yellow one, I snapped a couple of photos and used this sketch from the Citrus Twist Kits blog:

Here's my helper in action:

I used another Citrus Twist sketch and the April kit for this quick layout of two of my grandkids riding the new bikes they received for their birthdays. (My daughter beheaded her poor spouse with her camera LOL

Here's the sketch:

And my layout:

The little metal bike has been in my stash for years; glad to finally find a home for it.

And when I saw these photos yesterday morning on Facebook, I knew I had to scrap them NOW, Some family friends babysat youngest granddaughter Charleigh one evening recently, and she came home with that cuddly bunny. I used this sketch from Sketches in Thyme:

And here's my layout, using as many of the fun patterns from the April Citrus Twist kit as I could fit in there, The bunny sticker and the hot air balloon were in the kit; so fun!

That's all for today (and you probably are thinking "That's enough!") Thanks for visiting; have a great week!

Saturday, April 15, 2017

My guest designer layout is up today on Stuck?! Sketches! I've been really excited about this ever since I was first chosen back in early March. This is the sketch I was given:

This sketch was awesome and I loved working with it. Here's my completed layout:

The photo of these fabulous young women was taken at my youngest daughter's wedding in December. It was a rockabilly themed wedding, and the bride was gorgeous in her Priscilla Presley-inspired hairdo and her white cinch-waist dress. Her two friends in the photo were rocking their own unique styles. I used Simple Stories' reset Girl collection because of its vintage vibe.

Thank you, Laura Whitaker and Stuck?! Sketches for this opportunity. It was a blast!

Sunday, April 9, 2017

This weekend is much quieter than last week, when our oldest daughter's family visited. There was plenty of opportunity to create layouts with photos from their visit,

I had loads of fun with the April sketch 305 at Creative Scrappers. I used photos of the three visiting grandkids interacting with the chickens at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs. I used a past Projext Life kit from Citrus Twist Kits and made several embellishments with my Silhouette Cameo.

Here's my completed layout:

I was especially pleased with the way my Silhouette flowers turned out. The blue columbine is the Colorado state flower; I made some stylized blooms with patterned paper,

I also completed the March 15 challenge at My Creative Sketches, using the March main kit and add ons from Citrus Twist Kits, Our seven-month-old granddaughter tasted ice cream for the first time and loved it!

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That;'s all for today. Thank you for stopping by and have a great week!

Thursday, April 6, 2017

It's no secret that I LOVE sketches, or that Laura Whitaker is one of my favorite sketch artists, So you can imagine how "over the moon" I am to be chosen as a guest designer this month on her sketch challenge blog, Stuck?! Sketches! My layout will be presented along with the second April sketch next Saturday, April 15 on the Stuck?! Sketches blog,

Our oldest daughter and her family drove from Minnesota last weekend to spend a few days here in Pueblo with us, Yes, I have photos and will be scrapping and sharing over the next couple of weeks😉Here is the first one. Withing a half hour after their arrival, grandsons Ethan (15) and Cameron (11) had their phones plugged in and were playing games, At least they said hello and hugged Grandma, Grandpa and Great-Grandma first!

I scraplifted a layout posted by Moira O'Reilly on Mercy Tiara's 27-Day Scrappy Challenge Facebook page. The papers and element stickers are from the Space Academy collection by Carta Bella.

I also completed this one using the April 1 sketch from Stuck?!Sketches and the March kit from Citrus Twist Kits, I simplified it a bit to focus on those photos of my youngest granddaughter in the pool with her brother; I loved these two photos and the way they showed the love between these two.

In March, Citrus Twist Kits held a mini-album challenge to honor National Craft Month. I created a 5x7 Disney Memories book for myself using mostly a mini-album kit that I bought from Citrus Twist Kits two years ago and never used. Here is my finished book:

About Me

For those of you who don't "know" me, I'm an avid scrapbooker as well as a wife, mother of four, grandmother of nine (and counting!), and retired newspaper writer and public relations professional. I'm a native Illinois girl but moved to Colorado in November 2015 with my husband of 33 years, Mike, and my mother.
I scrapbook because I feel it's important to chronicle my family's daily lives as well as the "big events", and also as a form of artistic expression.
Our four children all are married with families, careers, mortgages and lives of their own. They're all back in the Midwest and we don't get to see each other as much as we would like, so photos and videos are important ways to share events in each others' lives.